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name: "Joseph Conlan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-conlan"
fi1m_id: "joseph-conlan"
imdb_id: "nm0002672"
tmdb_id: 45990
wikidata_id: "Q19667578"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:37:57.767282+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joseph Conlan

## Identity

Joseph Conlan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-conlan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-conlan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002672
- **TMDB ID:** 45990
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19667578
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conlan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19667578, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45990

Composer. Born 1 January 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conlan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19667578, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45990

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*NCIS*](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) (66)

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## Biography

Joseph Conlan is an American film and television composer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is based in Los Angeles and holds dual US and Irish citizenship.

His earliest notable television credits include *Simon & Simon* (1981), *Tour of Duty* (1987) and *The Equalizer* (1985). He composed for the series *NCIS* (2003–2005) and feature films including *Toolbox Murders* (2004), *Mortuary* (2005), *Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia* (2009) and *Spiders* (2013).

Conlan has received two Emmy nominations, for the television films *Mortal Sins* and *Miracle Run*, as well as BMI TV Music Awards for his work on *NCIS* and *Simon & Simon*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, discogs.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)

## Complete filmography (82)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sunphlowers* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Be Good or Be Gone* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Lily* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Callback Queen* (2013), Music
- *Spiders* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Shadow of Fear* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Field of Vision* (2011), Music
- *Super Eruption* (2011), Music
- *Fertile Ground* (2011), Music
- *One Angry Juror* (2010), Music
- *Deadly Honeymoon* (2010), Music
- *Shoot the Hero* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *For Sale by Owner* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *My Nanny's Secret* (2009), Music
- *Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *American Pastime* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Mortuary* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Mosquito Man* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Toolbox Murders* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Miracle Run* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Book of Ruth* (2004), Music
- *Finding Home* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *NCIS* (2003), series, Music, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Miracle Dogs* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Going for Broke* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Stranger Beside Me* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Obsessed* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Rosa Parks Story* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Brickmaker in America* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Retrievers* (2001), Music
- *Second Honeymoon* (2001), Music
- *Dodson's Journey* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Proposal* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Big Eden* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Sex & Mrs. X* (2000), Music
- *Lethal Vows* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Kidnapped in Paradise* (1999), Music
- *The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Down Will Come Baby* (1999), Music
- *Holy Joe* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Bad to the Bone* (1997), Music
- *Our Mother's Murder* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Perfect Crime* (1997), Music
- *High Stakes* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *My Stepson, My Lover* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Love-Struck* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Things That Go Bump* (1997), Sound
- *When The Cradle Falls* (1997), Music
- *Divided by Hate* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *A Kiss So Deadly* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Gone in the Night* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Silver Strand* (1995), Music
- *Stolen Innocence* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Deadly Whispers* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Circumstances Unknown* (1995), Music
- *The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.* (1995), Music
- *Don't Talk to Strangers* (1994), Music
- *Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Return to Two Moon Junction* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Mortal Sins* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Blackmail* (1991), Music
- *The Bride in Black* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Memories of Murder* (1990), Music
- *Nick Knight* (1989), Music
- *Lovers, Partners & Spies* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *The Wrong Guys* (1988), Music
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), series, Original Music Composer
- *Hot Pursuit* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Stepford Children* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The High Price of Passion* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Stick* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Kojak: The Belarus File* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *V: The Final Battle* (1984), series, Music
- *Chained Heat* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *The Concrete Jungle* (1982), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The Renegades* (1982), Music
- *Kill Squad* (1982), Music
- *Scream* (1981), Music

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